Bipolar electrocoagulation vs conventional monopolar hot biopsy forceps in the endoscopic treatment of diminutive rectal adenomas

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 138-142

  Paspatis, G A ^a,b   Vardas, E ^a   Charoniti, I ^a   Papanikolaou, N ^a   Barbatzas, C ^a   Zois, E ^a  

^a Benizelion General Hospital   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Bipolar electrocoagulation; Hot biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCEPS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM ADENOMA; RECTUM BIOPSY; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLONOSCOPY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14844365189     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2004.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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